David Montgomery or Kaleb Johnson: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on David Montgomery: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 64th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 35.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kaleb Johnson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 82nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price David Montgomery at 10.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 83rd highest figure of the 185 players the market prices.

The market has Kaleb Johnson at 9.7 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 14 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Kaleb Johnson's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, David Montgomery has been on the field for 54 percent of HOU snaps, taken 52 percent of the carries, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 35 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 3 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 3.6 air yards.

In Week 2 against CIN he carried 6 times for 10 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against IND he carried 11 times for 33 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DAL he carried 10 times for 24 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Kaleb Johnson has been on the field for 31 percent of GB snaps, taken 41 percent of the carries, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 2 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have come 0.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against NYJ he carried 8 times for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against ATL he carried 4 times for 6 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 10 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against TB he carried 8 times for 42 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 David Montgomery played 17 games and scored 166.9 PPR points, 9.8 a game, finishing RB27.

He carried 158 times for 716 yards and 8 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 29 targets for 192 more yards.

That came to 9.3 carries a game at 4.5 yards a carry and 1.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 37 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Kaleb Johnson played 10 games and scored 8.8 PPR points, 0.9 a game, finishing RB115.

He carried 28 times for 69 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 1 of 2 targets for 9 more yards.

That came to 2.8 carries a game at 2.5 yards a carry and 0.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 6 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

David Montgomery was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 David Montgomery scored 9.8 PPR points a game and Kaleb Johnson 0.9, 8.9 a game between them.

David Montgomery finished RB27 that year and Kaleb Johnson RB115.

David Montgomery had 130 more carries than Kaleb Johnson, 158 to 28.

David Montgomery had 23 more catches than Kaleb Johnson, 24 to 1.

This season David Montgomery holds the bigger snap share, 54 percent against 31 percent.

This season David Montgomery holds the bigger share of the carries, 52 percent against 41 percent.

Byes and availability

David Montgomery is off in Week 8. No bye is listed for Kaleb Johnson.

What would change the answer

Kaleb Johnson is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.